Another well intentioned week where I -meant- to review a lot of food products but never found the time to sit down and write everything up.
Tomorrow is trash night, and in a effort to clear out some junk I have lying around, here's a lighting round with some candid pics and my thoughts.
Unlike Reese's and Skittles, Nerds knows what they're doing. Their new products, like Nerds Rope and Gummy Clusters, have been bangers.For a while we only had Rainbow, followed by Berry, with some seasonal offerings here and there, but the seasonal stuff used their preexisting flavors, going for a color-theme, not a specialty seasonal flavor.
Their success seems to stem from having such a wide array of flavors already in production. We already know all their flavors, from their iconic Rainbow boxes, so they don't have to invent anything new. Just choose a different combination of their crunchy candy flavors, add a chewy gummy core, and call it a day.
I've always liked Nerds Gummy Clusters, but I preferred the OG 2-flavor aquarium-gravel I grew up with because it allowed me to eat one flavor at a time OR combine them if I wanted to. With Clusters being combined already, my OCD snacking ways are thrown for a loop.
But when I saw that my OG box combo, Grape x Strawberry, was coming out as a limited edition cluster flavor, I had to get it. The display they were in had a Berry Punch version as well, and like the Reese's Cups, I figured, why not?
Another attempt to improve upon perfection.While I'm a big fan of the Reese's cups with Reese's Pieces inside of them, I haven't liked or repurchased any of the other versions I've reviewed on the blog. I found them to be novel, but their execution managed to make Reese's worse, not better. But I'm all for giving new things a chance, so today I have Chocolate Lava and Caramel Big Cups.
Can you improve upon Skittles? Apparently they think so!
I have three different Skittles themed products, each one has the same OG flavor line-up, but they're in a new format: mini, jellybeans, and chewing gum. Can any of these surpass my love for the original version? Are they even necessary? We'll see what I think...
When I started the blog over a decade ago (time is so weird!), Hi-Chew was much harder for me to find. I used to stock up during my trips to the Asian Food Market (RIP), but now you can find it everywhere.
With it being more readily available, I actually found myself losing interest and buying it less over the years. (I guess scarcity makes the heart grow fonder.) That is until I saw this bag at Target. While all three flavors sound fun, it was the Rainbow Sherbet that sealed the deal!
Ghost Dots are my absolute favorite version of Dots. They're the normal flavors, but they're all the same ghastly green color, so I can't pick and choose my favorites. Somehow that makes them better than normal.
I figured, why not check out some other seasonal Dots variations?
American Thanksgiving is upon us, and if I had to pick a favorite side dish, it would be stuffing. Like pizza, it's hard for me to find a "bad" stuffing. (For the record, my aunt Missy makes my absolute favorite version,) but boxed mixes will do in a pinch. The combination of warm bread with herbs and spices is comforting, which must be why so many brands this year released stuffing themed products.
Normally there are a few here and there, like the Boulder kettle chips I had a few years ago, but this year companies really outdid themselves with house-branded stuffing items. I grabbed a few to try this year.
First up, these stuffing themed crackers from Aldi.
Wednesday, the Netflix series, came out in 2022. It was very popular, mostly for Jenny Ortega's viral dancing, but it WAS a while ago. Which is why I find it strange that they waited until 2024 to release a bunch of products Wednesday themed food products. (Season two won't be airing until 2025.) I get that she's' spooky, and it's Halloween, but is that enough?
